Ideal ice creams

Ideal ice creams

S. Prabhakar Kamath, the founder of Ideal ice creams started out in business dealing in tailoring material and firecrackers. Seasonal fluctuations in those businesses got him thinking on a more secure line of business that would be in demand throughout the year. So, he decided to start an ice cream parlour in spite of there being fierce competition in the segment. 

Setting out to make the best ice cream possible, he taught himself the art of ice cream making and conducted experiments at home, testing his creations on enthusiastic neighbours. Three months later he launched Ideal Ice Cream Parlour on Market Road in Mangalore on May 1, 1975 with14 flavours. The rest is history.

In two short years the ice creams that he manufactured so tantalized the taste buds of Mangaloreans that people were willing to wait in queue just to get a chance to savour the ice cream. With the growing demand, expansion was inevitable. Today Ideal Ice Cream has three parlours in Mangalore city, one of which is the largest ice cream parlour in the country, and a restaurant and ice cream parlour in the Infosys office complex. Ideal Ice Cream is also available through 500 dealers. Its retail network also stretches across coastal Karnataka, Kerala and Goa. 

Since the beginning, innovation has been a mainstay of Ideal Ice Cream and the famous Ice cream concoction ‘Gadbad’ bears testimony to this. Ask anyone what Ideal Ice Cream is most famous for and you will get the answer ‘Gadbad’. So popular is this ice cream dessert that it has now become a generic name and imitations of this can be found in almost any ice cream parlour in coastal Karnataka. 

Mr. Kamath’s passion for quality has elevated his ice cream brand to an iconic status in coastal Karnataka. A ‘must visit’ place for anyone visiting Mangalore. Ideal Ice creams unique recipes now extend to 22 flavours and from them Ideal creates about 100 combinations – each with a distinctive a taste that makes it a truly outstanding experience.In recent time Ideal Ice Cream has diversified its product portfolio to include a number of retails products. These include Ice Candies, Chocobars, Ice Lollies, Choconutz, Ice Cream Cones, Ice Cream Sundaes and cups in a variety of flavours.

MANASA AMUSEMENT & WATER PARK

MANASA  AMUSEMENT & WATER PARK

South canara’s and Coastal Karnataka’s only Amusement & Water Park was inaugurated on 1st January 2003 and opened for public on 26th January 2003 and has become an ideal picnic spot. It is situated within 450 acres Tourism project of D.K administration "Pilikula Nisarga Dhama", an Eco-Educational Tourist Park. 

Manasa Amusement & Water Park welcomes you with fountains suitable for people of all ages. It has a family pool where the whole family can enjoy by sliding together in a single float in the river-ride slide. Multiplay system at Manasa Amusement & Water Park gives a total thrill to the kids. Landing pool gives excitement to kids, teens, youngsters, adults.

Enjoy a smooth ride down the Multilane slides to land with a splash in the pool at Manasa Amusement & Water Park. Rest room facilities are also available inside the park .
Manasa Amusement & Water Park adopts hygiene and safety measures that adhere to the strictest norms with the prime objective of promoting eco-friendly entertainment and takes care to conserve nature. The Park has a state of the art filtration plant, which filters the water at regular intervals at par with international standards. An Effluent Treatment Plant has been installed to treat the waste water and re-use it for gardening. All this makes it the safest place where you can enjoy with your family and friends.


Its one of nice place to enjoy with friends and family members .The locker facilty is also provided by Manasa Amuusement & water park.

PILIKULA NISARGA DHAMA

Pilikula Nisarga Dhama (Pilikula) is a major eco-education and tourism development project promoted by the District Administration of Dakshina Kannada in the beautiful city of Mangaluru in Karnataka State, India.An integrated theme park with a wide variety of features, Pilikula has many attractions of cultural, educational and scientific interest. The park is spread over an area of 370 acres comprising of a tropical forest and the enchanting Pilikula Lake. The project presently includes a Biological Park, Arboretum, a Science Centre, a Lake Park with Boating Centre, a Water Amusement Park and a Golf Course. Other features which are currently being developed include a Heritage Village, an Ayurveda Health Therapy Centre and Tourist Cottages

‘Pilikula’ derives its name from ‘Pilikula Lake’ which is today one of the major attractions of the project. According to local legend, the lake was once a haunt of tigers. Hence it got to be called ‘Pilikula’ which means ‘Tiger Pond’ Prior to the Pilikula project, the Pilikula Lake, which was once a large water body, had degenerated into becoming a small pond and was on the verge of being lost completely. However after being adopted for restoration under Pilikula project, it has been desilted and retrieved to its original glory; now having water spread area of 5.00 acres and a depth of 30 feet.

Beautification of the lake surroundings with lush green lawns and gardens, the facilities of boating and introduction of fresh water fish, ducks and geese in the lake, today attract a large number of visitors to this area for leisure and recreation.

The park constantly undertakes further desilting and expansion activities around the lake. Other developments at the lake include expansion of the gardens, walking / jogging paths, rest areas for senior citizens, drinking water facilities, shelter etc.

The Gokarnanatheshwara Temple

The Gokarnanatheshwara Temple

The Gokarnanatheshwara Temple, otherwise known as Kudroli Sri Gokarnanatha Kshetra, is in the Kudroli area of Mangalore in Karnataka, India. It was consecrated by Narayana Guru. It is dedicated to Gokarnanatha, a Hindu deity also known as Shiva. Compared to the other temples in and around Mangalore this temple was built recently. The Billava community was traditionally suppressed by the upper caste treating them as untouchables. Narayana Guru has been regarded as the up lifter of the downtrodden and a visionary social servant.

Learning about the work undertaken by Narayana Guru in establishing social equality through his temples in Kerala , a prominent Billava leader from the community Sahukar Koragappa visited the Guru along with the leaders of the community in 1908. The delegation appraised Narayana Guru about the problems faced by the Billav’s.

Narayana Guru visited Mangalore on invitation from this delegation and ascertained for himself the exactness of the prevailing situation. After visiting, Narayana Guru selected the place in Kudroli and advised the community elders about a suitable location to build their temple; work began under his direction. Elders such as Sahukar Koragappa, B.R.Karkera took the initiative in ensuring smooth progress in the temple's construction.

Narayana Guru formally consecrated the temple in February 1912 with the establishment of sacred Shiva Linga, which was brought by him. He named this place as Gokarnanatha Kshethra. Narayana Guru advocated that all God's creation had the right to worship the Almighty and preached that people irrespective of the caste, creed or religion must worship one divine force, known by different names.

The temple was renovated in 1989 under the leadership of B. Janardhan Poojary and under the guidance of Somasunderam, son of Koragappa. Sthapadi K. Dakshinamoorthy was the architect who designed and built the present temple in the Cholas style of architecture from its original Kerala style. The new gopuram is 60 feet in height and very beautiful. The renovated Gokarnanatha Kshethra was inaugurated by the prime minister of India

Some of the festivals are celebrated in this temple Maha shivaratra , Navarat ,Ganesh chathurti , Deepavali etc. In addition to this idols of Sharada Matha ,Maha Ganapati , idols of nava durga’s are worshipped in the premises during Dasara. The dasara festival is celebrated with much grandeur. The dasara celebrations of this temple is popularly called Mangalore Dasara.

St. Aloysius Chapel

The St. Aloysius Chapel in Mangalore was built by Jesuit Missionaries in 1880 and its interiors painted by the Italian Jesuit Antonio Moscheni in 1899, during the Mangalore Mission in 1878. The Italian Jesuit played an important role in education, health, and social welfare of the Mangalorean Catholic community and built the St. Aloysius College in 1880, St Aloysius Chapel in 1884 and many other institutions and churches.

St. Aloysius College Chapel is an architectural marvel that could stand comparison with the chapels of Rome. What makes this chapel unique compared to the other chapels in the country is the beautiful paintings that cover virtually every inch of the walls.

 Antonio. Moscheni from Italy is the creator of this master piece. He took almost two years to complete his painting. One portion of the chapel paintings depicts the life of Aloysius Gonzaga to whom Aloysius College and chapel are dedicated. Saint Aloysius gave his life in the service of others. He is given as a model to the students of the college. Gonzaga had everything that a young man of his age desires - wealth, power and influence, but he gave them up in order to serve others, especially the most needy.

There are two types of paintings in the Chapel: fresco and canvas. A fresco is painted on fresh wet lime plaster walls. The colours get embedded in the lime plaster as it dries up. Frescos cover about 600 square metres of the walls of the Chapel. For an oil painting, the colours are made by mixing pigments with linseed oil. The canvas is made of pure linen of strong close weave. The paintings on the ceilings in the Chapel (about 400 Square Metres) are in oil on canvas. The paintings of this chapel is preserved by a recognised board of the nation which maintains and restores all historic artifacts .

Thousand Pillars Temple

Thousand Pillars Temple

Moodabidri is a small town 37 km northeast of the Dakshin Kannada district headquarters, Mangalore, in Karnataka, India. Because of widely grown Bamboo in ancient days, this place got named as Moodabidri. Moodabidri comes from two words Moodu and Bidiru. Mooda means East and Bidiru means Bamboo. This place was also known as Mooduvenupura.

Savirakambada Basadi (Thousand Pillars Temple) built in AD 1462 Basadi of 1000 pillars, famous for its stone sculpture. It is also called as “Thribhuvana Thilaka Choodamani”.  Mahadwar, Bhairadevi, Chitradevi, Namaskaara, Teerthankara and Garbha gudi are the 8 Mantapas here. The idol (8ft high) of Chandranatha is established in the garbha gudi. Supaarshwa and Chandraprabha Theerthankara idols are worth visiting. It is said that no two pillars are identical.

The 2.5 metres tall bronze image of Lord Chandranatha Swami in the sanctum of this basadi is considered to be very sacred. This three storied construction was supported by the rulers, the Jain Bhattaraka Swamiji, merchants and the common people. The temple is famous for the open pillared hall in front, consisting by a large variety of ornate pillars decorated with carvings typical of Vijayanagara style. A 15-meter tall single stone pillar called Manastambha stands in front of the basadi.

Moodabidri was the seat of the Chowtas a Jain ruling family, who were originally located at Puthige, about 5 km from here. They moved their capital to Moodabidri in the 17th century. The remains of the 17th century Chowta Palace is known for its beautifully carved wooden pillars and ceilings.

PILIKULA GOLF CLUB

Pilikula Golf Club

The Pilikula golf course is the only one golf course in mangalore located 12 kms from the city of mangalore. The Pilikula golf course is a compact 9 hole, 3134 yard, Par 36 parkland style layout . The hub for golf here (as its the only course in & around Mangalore), the layout has 2 sets of tees – the Men’s & the Ladies. The Par 3′s here are both around 200 yards long & tough while the Par 5′s are both sub 500 yards & relatively easier making this course a interesting mix of easy & the not so easy holes. The toughest hole is a challenging 444 yard, Par 4 design.

The club is owned by the Pilikula Nisargadhama trust. The Pilikula Nisargadhama is an eco-educational and tourism park promoted by the District Administration. Spread across 370 acres of lush greenery the Pilikula Nisargadhama has a biological park, a golf course, an amusement park, a lake, an arboretum, a science centre, a heritage village and an artisan village.

The golf course is managed by a body of 12 governing members. Six (6) members are government representatives & the other six (6) members are elected from among the members of the club. The Deputy Commissioner, Dakshina Kannada is a keen golfer, and is the current President of the golf club & presides over the managing committee.

 In Tulu, ‘Pili’ means tiger and ‘Kula’ means pond. According to a legend, free roaming tigers frequented a watering hole in the vicinity and hence the name Pilikula. Perched atop a hillock overlooking the quiet flowing Gurupura River, coconut groves and acacia plantations, the Pilikula Nisargadhama Resort is an oasis of calm. There is a full-fledged resort adjoining the golf course. Pilikula is a perfect getaway for those who seek to relax and rejuvenate in nature’s company.